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Is International Organization

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is an international organization at the vendor site level in the Other Transaction Award record. It represents the classification stored under business or organization type for the vendor site.

Family: Other Transaction Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isInternationalOrganization
Title
Is International Organization
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/businessOrOrganizationType/isInternationalOrganization
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is an international organization at the vendor site level in the Other Transaction Award record. It represents the classification stored under business or organization type for the vendor site.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards involving international organizations, which can affect eligibility, oversight requirements, reporting treatment, and cross-border procurement analysis. It is useful for segmenting awards by vendor type and evaluating compliance or jurisdictional patterns.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isInternationalOrganization
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/businessOrOrganizationType/isInternationalOrganization
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorBusinessTypes/businessOrOrganizationType/isInternationalOrganization' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isInternationalOrganization'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Filter awards associated with international organizations
  • Segment vendor populations for compliance or reporting analysis
  • Compare award patterns across domestic versus international entities

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means no without checking the coded value set
  • Using it as a vendor-level attribute without recognizing it is tied to vendor site details

Query Guidance

Use explicit comparisons against the observed code set, such as = 1 for true when the dataset stores boolean-like integers. In SQL, pair this field with NULL checks if you need to distinguish false from unknown, and join or aggregate at the vendor-site grain rather than the top-level award grain when analyzing site-specific classification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isInternationalOrganization AS is_international_organization
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isInternationalOrganization IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isInternationalOrganization AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorBusinessTypes__businessOrOrganizationType__isInternationalOrganization IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.